Capital Allocation Framework
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WESTERN DIGITAL CONFIDENTIAL
Forward Looking Statements
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This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws, including statements regarding expectations for the company's
business outlook and financial performance for the fiscal first quarter of 2023; product ramps; product momentum; and capital expenditure and allocation priorities.
These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
Key risks and uncertainties include future responses to and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; volatility in global economic conditions; impact of business and
market conditions; the outcome and impact of our ongoing strategic review, including with respect to customer and supplier relationships, regulatory and contractual
restrictions, stock price volatility and the diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities; impact of competitive products
and pricing; our development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with cost
saving initiatives, restructurings, acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures and our strategic relationships; difficulties or delays in manufacturing or other
supply chain disruptions; hiring and retention of key employees; our level of debt and other financial obligations; changes to our relationships with key customers;
disruptions in operations from cybersecurity incidents or other system security risks; actions by competitors; risks associated with compliance with changing legal
and regulatory requirements and the outcome of legal proceedings; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, including our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 27, 2021, to which
your attention is directed. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events, except as required by law.
This presentation also contains preliminary financial results for the company's fiscal fourth quarter ended July 1, 2022 and fiscal year 2022. These preliminary
financial results represent the most current information available to management. The company's actual results when disclosed in its Form 10-K for the year ended
July 1, 2022 may differ from these preliminary results as a result of the completion of the company's financial closing procedures; final adjustments; completion of
the review and audit by the company's independent registered accounting firm; and other developments that may arise between now and disclosure of the final
results.
This presentation includes references to Non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of the differences between the Non-GAAP measures provided in this
presentation to the comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the appendix and in the Investor Relations section of our website. We have not fully
reconciled our Non-GAAP financial measure guidance to the most directly comparable GAAP measures because material items that impact these measures are not
in our control and/or cannot be reasonably predicted. Accordingly, a full reconciliation of the Non-GAAP financial measure guidance to the corresponding GAAP
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